Global Markets: Canada’s inflation rate drops

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported on Tuesday that Canada’s inflation rate fell by one full percentage point to 3.4 per cent in May, the lowest it had been since June 2021. Forecasters and the Bank of Canada (BoC) expected […] Read more

Global Markets: Shoigu appears after attempted takeover

WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu made his first public appearance on Monday, inspecting troops in Ukraine, since the mercenary Wagner Group tried to overthrow him and Russian military chief Gen. Valery Gerasimov on Friday. Wagner Group leader Yevgeny […] Read more


Global Markets: Modi visit to U.S. wraps up

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, June 23 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will conclude his visit to the United States on Friday, meeting with government officials and business leaders in Washington. Modi spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden for […] Read more

Global Markets: China/U.S. tensions ramp up again

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, June 21 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Comments from United States President Joe Biden referring to Chinese President Xi Jinping as a ‘dictator’ heighted tensions between the two countries once again, mere days after U.S. Secretary of State Antony […] Read more


Global Markets: Status quo after federal byelection

By MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, June 20 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Federal byelections held in four ridings kept to the status quo, with two Liberals and two Conservatives headed to Parliament Hill. The governing Liberals held onto their two seats while the opposition […] Read more



Global Markets: 40 million Canadians

Annual population growth at 2.7 per cent

Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, June 16 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Statistics Canada reported on Friday that the country’s population reached 40 million. The federal agency said Canada experienced record population growth in 2022 of about 1.05 million people, which marking the […] Read more

Global Markets: China’s economy slows in May

Declines in industrial output, retail sales

Compiled by MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, June 15 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Economic growth in China stumbled during May, according to the country’s National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. The NBS said industrial output that month was 3.5 per cent, falling from 5.6 […] Read more